Septic records and services in Moorhead, Minnesota

In Clay County, Minnesota, which covers Moorhead, we have measured 5,017 parcels on septic and 13,881 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Moorhead on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Moorhead is, in the records

Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 46.864704, -96.744552 and its land area at 22.28 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Moorhead

Our collection for Clay County, Minnesota is small, at 173 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Moorhead property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 5,017 of 18,898 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Moorhead address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal, but reaching the documents needs an account or a login, so budget for that step rather than expecting an open search.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Moorhead?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Clay County, Minnesota, which covers Moorhead, we have measured 5,017 parcels on septic and 13,881 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Moorhead on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Moorhead in?

Moorhead is in Clay County, Minnesota.

Records and services around Moorhead

• Clay County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Minnesota septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Minnesota septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Moorhead

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Moorhead’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 56560 (98% of the city)
• ZIP 56547 (1% of the city)
• ZIP 56563 (1% of the city)
• ZIP 56562 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 56529 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Moorhead.

• Dilworth — 2.5 mi
• Sabin — 7.2 mi
• Glyndon — 7.9 mi
• Baker — 13.8 mi
• Comstock — 14.2 mi
• Georgetown — 15.0 mi
• Felton — 18.4 mi
• Hawley — 20.1 mi
• Wolverton — 20.8 mi
• Barnesville — 21.5 mi
• Perley — 21.7 mi
• Hitterdal — 24.2 mi
• Borup — 24.5 mi
• Ulen — 27.3 mi
• Hendrum — 27.8 mi
• Kent — 29.6 mi
• Lake Park — 30.6 mi
• Ada — 31.9 mi
• Halstad — 33.8 mi
• Rothsay — 34.8 mi
• Twin Valley — 35.5 mi
• Pelican Rapids — 37.2 mi
• Erhard — 40.6 mi
• Shelly — 41.2 mi
• Gary — 41.8 mi
• Breckenridge — 42.1 mi
• Elizabeth — 44.4 mi
• Foxhome — 45.5 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Clay County, Minnesota.

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